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One & only Masde reblooming!

16 years ago

Woo hoo! This is Celtic Frost, which is supposed to be warmth-tolerant, and there's only one plant 'cause I didn't know if they could thrive in the cooler living room.

It came from Komoda last March. Two+ weeks ago, this one was in bud when the furnace conked out, and it went through the 47-degree night.

Great customer service from Komoda, by the way. Evidently, only some Celtic Frosts are fragrant, and Ivan Komoda waited till a fragrant one bloomed out.

Too bad the glow of the darker pink spots doesn't show in the pix.

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More Masdes!

Whitecat8

Comments (9)

treehaus
16 years ago
very nice!

happy growing,
Mike
xmpraedicta
16 years ago
Neat! :D how many flowers did you get?
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Hi, all, Thanks for the nice comments and congratulations. I never, ever thought a Masde would grow in my house. As for culture, it's been in front of the E/SE sliding glass doors. The 2 small shelves have 8 26W CFLs on them 10 hours a day. Night temps are in the high 50s; day temps in the mid-60s - mid-70s, depending on sunlight - we keep the temp set at 58 all winter. Jane, RH is in the 20s-40s. CJ, this poor Masde must be confused - first it was outside in the lathe house in our hot summer - not as hot as yours, though. Then I learned even the warmth-tolerant ones don't like it and brought it into the AC, then it went out in early September, came in when we were going to get low temps, then went back out when the cold spell passed. Maybe it's new-grower tolerant, too. :) Littlem - I killed a couple of plants the first time around, too (not Masdes) and have had success the 2nd time. Probably because the culture here is more stable now. Richard, I'm an underwaterer, so maybe it's even more of a success. In my defense, Ivan Komoda said to water it when it was still dampish but not wet. Julie, those 2 small shelves in the living room are crammed full of cooler-growing plants, so I'm safe till they go outside - theoretically. Thanks again, WC8
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claritamaria
16 years ago
Spectacular! Bravo WC. They are a pain to photograph. Nice Job! I love you selection of Pinks. Looks like you have the little guy in tons of blooms!

I just ran into JL's site in CT. Don't look! Really fantastic masde selection and other little oddly fascinating pleuros.
Masde's and Dracs will always be my secret true loves.

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whitecat8
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks, everyone.

Calvin, there are 12 blossoms or almost-open buds and loads more tiny green buds. Komoda's plant was quite full and exceptionally healthy-looking.

Clara, many of the Dracs' looks scare me. Pleuros, though... we'll see about warmth-tolerant ones.

Whitecat8
aachenelf z5 Mpls
16 years ago
That is really nice. Congrats! I like the hot pink and orange combo.

K
olyagrove
16 years ago
Beautiful colors, and so many flowers!
Olya
whitecat8
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks, everyone. Some moments are thrilling. WC8
sdahl
16 years ago
It's totally gorgeous! And how wonderful of them to wait until they could ship you a fragrant one! My kinda vendor!!

Sharon
whitecat8
Original Author
16 years ago
Sharon, thanks. Yeah, Komoda was great. Now that this one's made it, I'll get more from him.

Just read your comment on the floribunda thread about not being able to grow them where you are now. This poor plant got switched in and out of the summer heat and AC about 4 times this last year as I learned more about Masdes in Minnesota.

If it made it through all that and rebloomed, any chance one might like it at your place?

WC8

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